Armistice Night program, Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles
Entry/Object ID
2009.216.1.4a-b
Description
A program (a) and reservation card (b) for an Armistice Night "Supper Dance De Luxe" at the Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, 11 November 1919. The program featured a $250,000 fashion review involving clothing used in Cecil de Mille films with twenty women from his Famous Players-Lasky company involved; an "Armistice Celebration," and a motion picture of guests dancing at midnight. The event, referred to as "Another New Year's Eve," cost five dollars. The card requested the Maitre d'Hotel to reserve a table for the undersigned, the address and the time. With some light soiling and a few stains, the condition of both is good.
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California. Department of Public Health. Bureau of Child Hygiene, United States. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau.
